rausa examiner wrote:If the Virginia stage on May 26 was the final stage ending at the White House, he actually "tied" for the win in 4:18 with Bryce Carlson, a professor at Purdue.

June 2 was the last stage and Rob ran 3:19.

He says "96 Marathon and Ultra Race Wins." His wins on the short stages at the end of AZ, TX, AR, GA, SC aren't close to being marathons or ultras, not to mention it's lame to brag about dozens of race wins against 6 other people.

Good correction about the white house stage. Last VA stage was June 2. Chesapeake Bay the next day must have been the last stage at the Atlantic. I didn't pull the spreadsheet back down all the way when I looked at it. Not the most user friendly website with that embedded spreadsheet.

My Feelings Matter

RE: Robert Young fakes run across America6/23/2016 11:21PM - in reply to Asher Delmott

My Feelings Matter wrote:I just read the all ~385 pages. I know it looks bad for Rob Young, but I just have a feeling he is innocent.

I mean I'll admit there is a microscopic possibility.

But then how to explain the silence and inability to provide one shred of proof which has already been recorded? The only possible answer to that I can think of is - he wants the long con. He's got us all talking. He's generating so much publicity. He will wait and wait until he's milked the publicity out of it, then make every look stupid for doubting.

But, let's be real, he cheated.

Born in the 856registered

RE: Robert Young fakes run across America6/23/2016 11:37PM - in reply to My Feelings Matter

He also says 117 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon and ultra victories. So it would be interesting to know when and where he won those shorter races.

I also find it odd that on his website he claims that from April 2014 to October 2015 he averaged only 3 hours sleep. Obviously, he tends to exaggerate. I've wondered if he makes this claim to answer the question, How did you have time to run marathons daily and work full-time. In his book, he claimed that for his initial marathon, he got up at 3:30 and was running a little after 4:00. But in the mapmyrun data, he posted that it was 5:30 AM.

rausa examiner wrote:He also says 117 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon and ultra victories. So it would be interesting to know when and where he won those shorter races.

I also find it odd that on his website he claims that from April 2014 to October 2015 he averaged only 3 hours sleep. Obviously, he tends to exaggerate. I've wondered if he makes this claim to answer the question, How did you have time to run marathons daily and work full-time. In his book, he claimed that for his initial marathon, he got up at 3:30 and was running a little after 4:00. But in the mapmyrun data, he posted that it was 5:30 AM.

I bet he believes his own bull

Skins problem

RE: Robert Young fakes run across America6/24/2016 2:44AM - in reply to TroLLminator

And in 2014 Rob was pushing to get new rules established for ultramarathon challenges. Obviously wanted more than log books, tom tom photos and 10 minutes of video per day:

Interviewer (talking about Rob's marathon streak WR attempt): "You are doing some amazing challenges above actually running the marathon. When you've not got an official marathon scheduled, I think you're running the Richmond Marathon route, is that right, off the top of my head?"

Rob: "That's it. There's lots of different records, there's a lot of different rules and for me I want to be able to break the unofficial records and reset the rules. For me I think the rules are very lax at the moment and I think we need some really solid rules across the board all the way. Not only in this country but worldwide as well, because I think the way some people do it... I mean I think we need to be able to cement it a lot stronger. And I think maybe I can help cement it a lot stronger and get some rules which will allow some stability in the marathon world in terms of records."